Decisive Battle: The Battlefield Bulldozer That Stunned Fang Hao

On the main road before Bartley City's gates, ranks of armored cavalry now stood in formation.

"Soldiers of the Empire, the demon army used underhanded means to assassinate the prince we admired and revered most."

"The demons beneath the walls have howled for days, and we have endured for just as many days!"

"We held out for so long not to be trapped to death inside the city, but to wait for an opportunity—an opportunity to hack these demons back to their homeland and avenge His Highness the Prince!"

"Now, that opportunity has come!"

"Today, the city gates open. Today is the day we fight to the death! The blades in your hands should have thirsted long ago, and the blood in your chests should have boiled long ago!"

"Charge out with me! Carve all the rage, fear, and humiliation of these past days into the demons' heads!"

"Either we crush their formation beneath our feet, or we die on the road of the charge. We will never be cowards who wait to die trapped in the city!"

"Kill! Kill until they tremble in terror, kill until they scatter, kill until our banners are planted atop mountains of their corpses! After this battle, we will all be legends!"

Lin Junyu sat astride his horse before the city gates, delivering his pre-battle declaration.

He circulated his inner power and carried his voice farther, ensuring that every soldier could hear him.

Upon hearing Lin Junyu's words, every soldier thought of the prince's death, of the humiliation of being besieged within the city by the demons these past days, and of the glory that would come after this battle.

The fire in everyone's hearts had been ignited. Now, they had only one thought.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

"Sound the horns! Open the gates! Meet the enemy!"

The enormous horns that had long been placed atop the city walls sounded. Their desolate notes instantly spread in every direction.

The demon camp was also startled by the horn signaling the decisive battle. They quickly assembled their armies and stood ready. They had no way to deal with the defenders while they remained in the city, but a decisive battle outside the walls would give them many opportunities.

Bartley City's iron gates were pushed open, revealing boundless wilderness ahead—terrain perfectly suited for a large-scale army battle.

All the soldiers moved in orderly fashion to their positions outside the city and formed up.

Meanwhile, under the calls of messenger after messenger, the demon army also began arranging its decisive-battle formation.

"Heh heh, just as expected. Now that Lin Xingyuan is dead, the Southeast Legion is no longer much of a threat. Their new legion commander is an idiot—he abandoned a strong city instead of defending it and actually dared to compare field combat prowess with our million-strong army."

Shaluoluo sneered as he watched the Luminous Empire's Southeast Legion forming ranks beyond the city.

"The commander-in-chief is wise indeed. You sent people into the city beforehand and successfully assassinated the Empire's formidable enemy!"

The surrounding demon commanders began praising and flattering their marshal.

"Enough. Since they have given us this opportunity, even if we cannot devour them all this time, we must at least shatter their bones."

"So what if they have five hundred thousand troops? We have a million! No matter how you look at it, five hundred thousand against a million—the advantage is ours!"

The demon army's upper ranks were extremely confident in this decisive battle. If they could use this opportunity to weaken this army, then the kingdom would be able to fully control the Southeastern Plains.

Then they could advance to attack or retreat to defend, and Lord Demon God Emperor's grand vision of unifying the continent could be realized.

The demon army's arrangement remained as simple as ever. Miscellaneous legions such as the half-orcs stood at the front, while the demon race's elite forces held the rear, ready to provide support at any time.

Once both sides had formed their battle lines, they advanced toward one another as if by mutual agreement.

"Beat the drums! Attack!"

When both armies entered the final stage before collision, the war drums thundered, and the massive infantry formations on both sides began their charge.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The booming war drums were like the beating hearts of giants, heavy and desolate!

"Kill!"

Amid the earth-shaking battle cries of a million men, the two armies collided, and the brutal slaughter began.

After the two sides descended into a melee, Lin Junyu led eight hundred Feather Forest Army soldiers and one hundred thousand Black Cavalry in a rapid charge toward the hilly terrain.

With Lin Junyu and the eight hundred Feather Forest Army as the arrowhead and Fang Hao leading the one hundred thousand Black Cavalry as the wings, they swiftly drove into the half-orcs' defensive forces.

At that moment, Lin Junyu's immense martial strength and the Feather Forest Army's five-hundred-percent increase in power began to reveal themselves.

The instant he met the enemy, Lin Junyu thrust out a heaven-shaking spear light. Like a roaming azure dragon, it surged ceaselessly through the enemy ranks. Everyone in its path was killed, leaving behind an empty stretch more than ten meters long.

The eight hundred Feather Forest Army soldiers were like roaring bulldozers. Wherever they swept through, enemy corpses carpeted the ground.

Some Feather Forest Army warriors found killing with the swords in their hands too slow, so they grabbed bewildered half-orc warriors one-handed and hurled them into the densest clusters of enemies ahead.

The impact knocked down swathes of people. The one being thrown left only a deep crater in the ground, his entire body reduced to pulp as he died on the spot, every bone shattered to pieces!

"Damn, are they even human?"

Fang Hao's eyes widened as he watched the Feather Forest Army use sheer brute force to clear out a vast open space ahead.

He simply could not believe that a person could casually lift a half-orc weighing over two hundred jin as easily as pulling up a scallion from dry ground.

Then throw him more than ten meters, knocking down and severely injuring a large group of people along the way.

Was that strength something a human could possess?

And it was not just one person with such terrifying strength. Everyone in this army possessed it. That was truly horrifying!

Fang Hao led the one hundred thousand Black Cavalry behind them, feeling as though the Feather Forest Army ahead had not encountered any main force at all as they crushed their way forward.

His 100,000 troops were merely mopping up the surviving half-orcs who had already been scared out of their wits.

Watching the Feather Forest Army bulldoze through the enemy ahead, and Lin Junyu occasionally sweep out a flash of spear light that killed swathes of half-orcs.

Fang Hao finally understood why His Highness had been confident enough to charge an army of 300,000 enemies with just 800 men.

He watched as the Feather Forest Army, which did not even treat its opponents as human, broke farther and farther through the lines.

Then he looked at his own 100,000 Black Cavalry, slowed by slaughtering enemies fleeing in every direction and gradually falling behind.

For the first time, Fang Hao felt ashamed of the army he had trained for years and constantly boasted about with pride.

"Enough. Inform the whole army—stop surrounding and killing these half-orcs who have lost all will to fight. If we're fighting, then fight the elite demon troops!"

"Look how far their 800 men have left our 100,000 behind!"

"Yes, Commander!"

All the Black Cavalry soldiers were stunned by the strength of those 800 men, but more than that, they were delighted and relieved.

With such a powerful force on their side, they would surely be the victors in this war. Everyone's morale soared!

Naturally, Lin Junyu had no idea that his rampage with the Feather Forest Army had also boosted their morale.

That was because those standing in his way were simply too fragile, with weak fighting spirit that shattered at the first touch.

It had gotten to the point where his 800 men were chasing tens of thousands of enemies, and they would soon break through the enemy lines toward the hills.

"This is easier than I expected!"

This time, it had taken only half an hour for him to lead the Feather Forest Army and 100,000 Black Cavalry through the enemy's right flank.

Lin Junyu had overestimated the half-orcs' will to fight. After all, under Zichuan Xiu's leadership in the future, the Far East Legion's combat strength had been astonishing.

He had never fought half-orcs himself, and had been misled by the future plot.

The half-orcs of the present were fighting entirely for the demon race, so weak fighting spirit was only natural.

But Lin Junyu had not expected them to be this weak. At least put up some resistance and make it look convincing.

"Commander Fang, lead the 100,000 Black Cavalry and draw away some of the demon race's elite legions. Draw away as many as you can, then withdraw and keep them occupied until the order for the general offensive arrives!"

"Yes, Your Highness."

Fang Hao now looked at Lin Junyu with blazing fervor, having witnessed Lin Junyu's formidable strength and ability to train troops.

He wished he could immediately join Lin Junyu's command. More than anything, he wanted to charge alongside him and enjoy that invincible feeling beside those 800 divine soldiers.

"Your Highness, can I join you in killing the demon army's commander?"

Lin Junyu looked irritably at Fang Hao, who had nearly lost his mind from all the killing.

"What do you think? Do you take the demon race's elite troops for the cabbages we faced earlier? If you don't stay behind to command, what happens if something goes wrong with the 100,000 Black Cavalry?"

"Don't even think about it!"

"Oh, fine!"

Rejected, Fang Hao wore a regretful expression.

Still, he turned and gave the orders. The 100,000 men were divided into ten units of 10,000, each moving about to lure out the elite troops stationed immovably in the demon army's central camp.

Once they had drawn them out, they were to lead them on a circuit around the area and await further orders.

The 100,000 Black Cavalry quickly split into ten units, loitering outside the heavily guarded formation of the demon army's central camp and making provocative gestures.

Some of the bolder ones even dismounted and wiggled their asses at the demon soldiers standing in formation.

"Ah! I can't take this anymore!"

"Dokaru, calm down. Without orders, we cannot attack recklessly!"

Such provocative behavior thoroughly enraged the demon generals defending the central camp.

"What? Ten human cavalry units of 10,000 men have appeared around my central camp, and they're shaking their asses at us?"

"Yes, Marshal. The brothers on guard are already bursting with rage. They're just waiting for your order to attack."

"Where did these people come from?"

Shaluoluo immediately realized that the decisive battle formation at the front had been breached in one direction, yet he had received no report at all. Something was very wrong!

But with the enemy right under his nose and openly taunting him, he had to teach them a lesson.

"Order the First Legion's 100,000 men and the Second Legion's 50,000 men to attack and wipe out this isolated force that has penetrated deep into our territory. Remember, I want them completely annihilated!"

"Godala and Minggusi acknowledge the order!"

The two demon generals accepted their orders and set out, and the massive mass of iron cavalry immediately began to move.

The moment Fang Hao saw the enemy dispatching a large force, he immediately ordered his troops to withdraw and scatter in all directions.

"Are these people rats? The moment we come out, they run!"

"Minggusi, take 50,000 men and pursue them eastward. I'll lead my men westward. Drive them together, then encircle and kill them!"

"Hehehe, understood. You really are the smart one!"

Lin Junyu hid in the hills. When he saw that half the troops from the demon army's central camp had been drawn away, a smile appeared at the corner of his lips.

"Ah~ You finally took the bait, my precious!"

"Entire army, assemble! Put on your iron armor and faceguards. Protect yourselves well and prepare to charge with me at the enemy marshal!"

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Lin Junyu fell silent as he looked at the excited Feather Forest Army.

This charge would be different from the previous ones. Even with the aura's protection, some people would surely die.

But what war had ever been without casualties? Just now, against those chicken beastmen, several brothers had fallen on the road of the charge.

For a soldier, dying on the path of a charge was already the best possible ending!

"Prepare! Charge!"

The force of fewer than eight hundred men was like a pack of savage wolves, baring their sharp fangs at their prey.

Everyone was covered head to toe in iron armor, with only their eyes exposed, radiating icy killing intent.

The armored cavalry thundered down from the high hills, charging straight for the enemy commander in the central army!

When the demon central army sensed the tremors in the ground and saw that fewer than eight hundred cavalrymen were recklessly charging toward them, everyone nearly laughed themselves mad!

"Looks like they're a small force left behind by Commander Godala's pursuit. They know they can't escape, so they've come to make one last charge and die a little more heroically."

"Hahaha, indeed. Admirable, admirable. After all, this kind of resolve to face death is truly rare!"

"I'm so moved that I might not be able to strike later. What should I do, brothers?"

"Hahaha, little sister Yilin, don't worry. Big Brother will do it for you. As long as you'll honor Big Brother tonight by coming to my tent, we can have some drinks and ease the boredom of this siege!"

"You're so annoying, Brother Gugang!"

The many demon commanders sat astride their warhorses behind the army, openly bantering without the slightest regard for this force that had just slaughtered tens of thousands of beastmen and emerged from hell.

However, they would soon come to understand their mistake deeply!